As a doctor, here’s one drugstore medication I tell people to rethink

I saw online that we actually shouldn’t be applying topical antibiotic ointments for minor scrapes and cuts. What’s the harm? Don’t they help prevent infections? Parents of tiny playground warriors ...

Fiji ravaged by sharp surge in HIV cases as island country declares national crisis

WELLINGTON — Fiji has declared HIV a national crisis after new diagnoses climbed 27% last year, intensifying concern that an epidemic once concentrated among people who inject drugs is spreading more ...

Hedgehog coronaviruses may threaten cats more than humans, new study finds

Washington State University researchers have discovered how a group of coronaviruses circulating in hedgehogs invades host ...

The fox whisperer? Meet the man saving Nashville’s sick foxes

At 78, local singer/songwriter Jerry Vandiver spends hundreds of hours rescuing Middle Tennessee foxes from a growing mange crisis.
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This Fish Knows Its Own Face — and It’s Still on Your Plate

In honor of Fish Amnesty Day, discover more about the interior lives of fish, and how current industrial fishing practices ...
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Hidden zinc finger protein gives tomato wilt fungus its killer edge, study reveals

A previously overlooked transcription factor in the fungus that causes Fusarium wilt of tomato has been shown to underpin the ...
Nature

I use genomics to track the bacteria threatening Cameroon’s newborns

Cameroonian microbiologist Luria Founou uses genomics to track how drug-resistant bacteria move between mothers, newborns and hospitals, and to find ways to stop them.